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the middle of the fragrance with hints of jasmine and honey a very thin hint of honey like one would get from a fresh warm piece of toast with a thin layer of honey slathered over it on a saturday morning during summer vacation olfactory tendrils of jasmine drift in and out in a summery shimmery dance and the musk goes on and on throughout the mid notes into the dry down here in the last phases of the eau de perfume there is a dry powder supplied by a delicious orris root that floats in the air just like fresh flour when a baker is making croissants it mixes well with the white musk a scrubbed clean cashmiran and a dry woody cedar some have said that 1957 from chanel like the perception of the decade of the 50 s is boring bu to me it is not chanel s 1957 is a melding of the american fascination of the french elegance of the fifties and the need make something as mundane as doing the dishes glamorous like all those commercials of my childhood where a housewife is dressed in her best pearls while she scrubs that greasy pan in a bubbling fresh sink that smells exactly like paris in springtime the paris born of the imagination of hollywood and of her dreams march 5 2019 categories chanel storytime uni sex fragrance tags chanel fragrance for men fragrance review hollywood lanier smith les exclusifs de chanel men s cologne movies paris perfume perfume review scents memory uni sex fragrance women s perfume author laniersmith comments 12 comments le train bleu l heure bleue by guerlain 4 45 pm paris summer 1985 slightly frayed but none the less beautiful the upholstery of the luxurious compartment number 6 sighed its familiar welcome to the comtesse lamoureux as she eased into it the porter nearly as ancient as she and by now an old friend set a lalique crystal glass half full of frapin cuvee 1888 on the table before her merci ramon she began to pluck off her gloves then delicately placed them on the table next to the cognac one upon the other as always she looked out the window onto the platform of the gare de lyon this is a most important trip she said softly for both of us qui madame la comtesse the last run of this great train she smiled i think for a change tonight i shall take a late supper in the grand salon ramon bowed and left the countess looking out the window toward the patch of fading afternoon blue where the iron station opened onto beige paris and the south the coach barley lurched and began to inch into the last journey of le train bleu the great iron and glass roof of the station opened as the train picked up speed and paris slid away like so many playing cards falling from a gaming table the countess was transfixed on her reflection in the glass what she saw there was no longer familiar it was a young woman herself sixty years in the past on her way to nice for the first time she was not the most beautiful girl on the côte d azur but perhaps the prettiest to arrive in the middle of the années folles as she stepped down onto the platform of the station in her chanel summer whites the fragrance of the south hit her like a new lover s scent in fact she had come south in the mad flush of new love his name was pete he was an american saxophone player who had captivated her one night when she and her boyfriend of the moment rené had stumbled upon the casanova club there he was the most beautiful black man she had ever seen playing the most beautiful music she had ever heard pete never called her by her first name that summer of 1925 as they romped the côte d azur from marselle to menton he simply called her countess sleeping till four in the afternoon after nights of jazz and cocktails romping on the beach at dawn caviar and eggs for breakfast by the last days of september she was ready to give up everything for him he went back to america that winter sporting a bruised heart she went home to pairs on the blue train the trip south the winter of 1939 was to escape the cold of the city but not long after her arrival in monte carlo things began to look grim people were heading south not to escape winter but to try and outrun the fear of what was coming to paris what was devouring europe she stayed on to help friends and then soon strangers as well find refuge after the fall of pairs that summer of 1940 her villa in the hills above monaco became a meeting place for young men and women of the resistance against the german occupation and the vichy government his name was axel barre he was first and foremost a freedom fighter and secondly perhaps the love of her life he died in a ditch executed by a german firing squad at 56 she was the picture of polished poised elegance the summer of 1961 the train trip south was marred by nothing except the incessant snoring of the man in compartment number 7 the countess sat up all night with cotton stuffed in her ears trying to read heaven has no favorites it was useless each time he ceased his rumble she closed the book put out the light and removed the cotton from her ears he would start up again the following morning she went to an early breakfast in the grand salon and found herself sitting across the table from a monsieure jean lucien dubeau he said good morning and from the timber of his voice she knew at once that he was the cause of her sleepless night she gave him a scowl he gave her a dazzling smile a wink and ordered a bottle of champagne for both of them they were married in a miniscule country church near saint jean cap ferrat the following spring she never really got a good nights sleep from then on on this final journey of le train bleu the countess sat up all night thinking about the journey behind her and what little of it remained before her it had been a good ride for the most part there were many things along the way she had enjoyed and much she had endured wild young love gone wrong a world torn by war and loss and finally the love of a good man whose ashes she now carried to the villa in the blue green hills above monte carlo as she stepped from the train onto the platform in her black and white chanel suit the fragrance of the south enveloped her like the warm hug of an old friend l heure bleue created by jacques guerlian in 1912 has come to symbolize the end of the belle epoch in france just before the beginning of world war i it has been called a farewell to a romantic era a melancholy remembrance of things lost to time not to be found ever again the cap on the bottle is an inverted heart that symbolically captures that past in perfume form from the bottle it encapsulates thus preserving within its transparent heart the memories of lost love and departed friends all of this is true but for me there is more something deeper in l heure bleue it is the perfume of a complete lifetime held in memories of youth and the passing of time into maturity it is not melancholy as one would expect such memories to be but rather reflective of life a contented quiet and very personal joy who can wear l heure bleue anyone who has the daring to be in a space beyond the ordinary someone not only with an appreciation of history by someone who also has a past both intriguing and perhaps slightly tainted with scandal a past worth writing about in a diary one hopes to be found fascinating by others if found at all in short it is suited to both men and women of taste and sophistication it opens quite classically as one would expect such a perfume of this vintage and from this particular house to do notes of anise coriander neroli bergamot and lemon spark and fizz but momentarily like the flicker of old movies a editing of cinematic notes mixed with music that quickly collapse into the unfolding beauty of the middle composition here we get the classic powder and guerlainade that was established with jicky in 1889 the bergamot rose tonka vanilla jasmin and animalic and resinous accords make up this signature a dna of the house so to speak it is a kind of jicky through the looking glass notes in the middle comprised of rose cloves jasmine tuberose and geranium hit my nose with the most power undertones of ylang ylang and violet play supporting roles to this old world glamour this phase lasts about three to four hours in the dry down we get the full force of the powder and seduction there in of this fragrance that lingers well into the sixth hour the animalic accords are here along with the swirling hypnotic benzoin note this combined with the iris vanilla sandalwood and vetiver create an incense accord that is incensual if i may create a word that sums up my love of perfumes that are smoky exotic and mysterious this is where the fragrance carries its key to our memories it is as magical romantic and epic as a journey to the cote azure on the long lost le train bleu january 22 2018 categories fragrance guerlain men s cologne uni sex fragrance women s perfume tags 1920 s south of france 1940 s south of france 1960 s south of france cote azure fragrance fragrance for men fragrance review guerlain le train blue men s cologne paris perfume perfume review author laniersmith comments 14 comments a walk through rome mirto di panarea by acqua di parma for the first time since she had arrived in rome helen rivers felt good enough to get out of bed her husband and son had gone off for a day trip to florence with their cornell alumni tour group she was left on her own to recuperate from the bad cold that had hit her almost as soon as their plane from seattle touched down on the tarmac at fiumicino international it was an almost warm sunny morning that february 14 th 1999 and it was her 70 th birthday she would be spending alone until that evening when earl and mark returned her first birthday alone she dressed quickly and while applying her rose petal pink lipstick she tried to think of what to do on her own in rome she was at a loss maybe just wander at the elevator on the 5 th floor of the excelsior hotel she saw the two burly young men who stood guard to the entrance to the south wing of the hotel they had been there for two days now standing guard handsome young men one blond the other black they nodded to her for the first time who is staying on this floor with us it must be someone very important to have you boys here day and night sorry ma am we are not at liberty to say the blond said in a buttery british baritone oh i see she said with a wink in her voice if you did tell me you would have to kill me just like in a james bond movie the black guard looked at the carpet before him and tried to suppress a smile the elevator door opened helen stepped in and turned to face the two men in the little marble and gilt lobby she smiled i bet i can guess by the time i see you again just who it is have a nice day the blond man winked at her i bet you can t he said as the elevator doors slid shut after a light breakfast of coffee croissants and a juicy blood orange helen stepped from the porte cochère of the hotel onto the once very glamorous via veneto she turned left to stroll down the curving avenue past the american embassy into the heart of rome she took a deep breath and for the first time in a week realize that she could smell things again rome smelled like the most fabulous open air restaurant in the world a delicious mix of fresh bread roasting osso buco spices herbs and roasting coffee beans it was intoxicating and for the first time that week she forgot all about her cold helen wandered and simply surrendered to let the city surprise her the quirinale gardens she found quite by accident and they in turn lead her to the trevi fountain from there she went north along the via dei due macelli to the spanish steps where she refreshed herself with tea at babingtons tea rooms she found the windows of bulgari on the via dei condotti and admired the baubles safe behind bullet proof glass at the via del corso she turned south until she reached the piazza colonna she sauntered west through this the political heart of rome then south again to the piazza di pietra where she was astounded to see encased in a 17 th century papal palace the facade of the eighteen hundred year old temple of hadrian now instead of a roman god it housed an ordinary bank she had been walking for quite some time and the cobblestones beneath her marshmallow white tennis shoes were beginning to make their impression on her tender soles somehow it didn t matter she had to see what was around the next corner she stumbled upon the baroque and very theatrical piazza di sant ignazio it was magical in the noon light and along the southern side of the piazza was the glorious chiesa di sant ignazio di loyola with an open door that lead into whispering darkness inside she found the amazing trompe l oeil ceiling that created the illusion of a dome over the center of the church she sat in a pew looking up in wonder at the near photo realistic illusion in paint and plaster after lighting a candle in memory of her mother helen left the church she was getting hungry and decided to head west to find a cafe there was a slight curve to the street and as she walked along it an astonishing sight slid into view it loomed in epic magnificence brilliant in the sun between the dark walls of the five story tall canyon that was the via del seminario when she reached the end of the road the walls of the canyon fell away to reveal the piazza della rotunda and there sanding as strong and eternal as it had when the visigoth kings alaric and genseric both spared its destruction for its beauty stood the pantheon the temple to all the gods built by marcus agrippa after the battle of actium and rebuilt by the emperor hadrian helen was awestruck by the only completely intact temple standing in rome its sixty foot tall columns of red egyptian granted soared to the pediment they so gracefully and effortlessly supported the dome the largest until saint peter s was erected a thousand years later floated above the thick walls of the round building creating the top of the perfect invisible sphere it encased within church bells around the city began to peal as a bus load of tourists filed past her all looking up just as she was the sounds of the half full piazza fell way time melted around her and she could hear the heart of rome beating in her ears feel it within her body pulsating in time with her own heart the spirits of two thousand or more years past though her in the blink of an eye she knew in that moment the eternal connection to history that was the city of rome a connection to life death and love this was the best birthday present she had ever received rome after what seemed to her a very long time but was in fact less than a few seconds helen took a step toward the temple she walked up to the third column that stood directly under the r in agrippa carved deep into the pediment above she reached out to touch it lightly with tips of her fingers it was not cool stone but warm to the touch having all that morning absorbed the heat of the 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